Diving in the Milne Bay area will excite lovers of both pelagic fish and the smaller reef dwellers. Manta rays are seen regularly as well as hammerhead sharks and barracuda.

Milne Bay is also famous for it's muck diving. Critters sighted in this area can include ghost pipefish, spanish dancers, mantis shrimp, frogfish, juvenile batfish, mimic octopus, dwarf lionfish ... the list goes on and on.

The underwater topography is beautifully diverse, from shallow sandy bottoms or huge coral laden boulders, to wall dives that resemble underwater mountain ranges. Milne Bay diving is well rounded, with something for everyone.

South Coast New Britain diving is a wonderland of rare and unusual critters. Most of the diving is on fringing reefs and lagoons.

Around the Lindenhaven area, the contours of the Solomon Trench (the third deepest part of the world's oceans) come in very close. Critters that are regularly seen on the Lindenhaven dives are mimic octopus, frogfish, over 47 different varieties of ghost pipefish, jaw fish, cuttlefish, arrow crabs, orangutan crabs, leaf scorpion fish, rock mover wrasse, anemone fish, holothurians, banded shrimp, lionfish, scorpionfish, crocodile fish, soft coral crabs, flying gurnards, nudibranch of every description, bubble shells, cowry shells, garden eels, flatworms, spanish dancer and much more.

Program
Day 1: Embarkation from 4:00pm, Vessel departs from Driftwood Resort, Alotau at approx 6:00pm

Days 2-9:

4 dives per day, typically scheduled as follows:

- Light Breakfast, briefing, Dive 1

- Full Breakfast, relax/interval, briefing, Dive 2

- Morning Tea, relax/interval, Lunch, briefing, Dive 3

- Afternoon snack, relax/interval, briefing, Dive 4 (may be a dusk dive)

- Dinner

Day 10: 2 morning dives only, lunch, vessel steams to port

Day 11: Disembarkation up until 9:00am at Rabaul (to suit outward flights where applicable)

Milne Bay to Rabaul Itinerary includes diving in the greater Milne Bay area and along the South Coast of East New Britain.

Dive sites visited are at the discretion of the Captain and are weather dependent.

Twin Bed Main Deck

3 cabins (6 spots) available

$6,175

Queen Main Deck

2 cabins (4 spots) available

$6,175

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